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Meaning of pawpaw

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pawpaw
      n 1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply
           palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn:
           {papaya}, {papaia}, {pawpaw}, {papaya tree}, {melon tree},
           {Carica papaya}]
      2: small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong
         leaves and fleshy fruit [syn: {pawpaw}, {papaw}, {papaw
         tree}, {Asimina triloba}]
      3: fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples [syn:
         {papaw}, {pawpaw}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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